Category: Southern California

Somewhere in northern San Diego County you’ll find a planned community that sits in stalled development, a ghost town of sorts. It has driveways to nowhere, house-less streets with lovely street lamps standing by to do their job and utility boxes with street numbers for houses that don’t exist. Truly a ghost town in the suburbs.

A study of apartment architecture in the San Diego neighborhood of Normal Heights. Photos were taken between April 2 and May 10, 2010 in the 4500 and 4600 blocks of 32nd, Bancroft, Felton and Hawley Streets.

Some of my favorite photos that were taken while working as a freelance photographer for a local paper.

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESSOperation Lion Claws Military Simulation Series (OLCMSS), George Air Force Base

Staples of the Game

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE HESPERIA STAR Nick Bennett, 11, pushes his P-51 Mustang from the runway on Saturday. Bennett, along with his grandfather, Bruce, is a member of the Victor Valley RC Flyers Club.

VVC Rams Football

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESS 10 year old Nathaniel Maggs of Riverside, winner of the of the Huck Finn Look-Alike contest at the 2012 Huck Finn Jubilee.

High School “It’s a gas to go to class” car giveaway winner.

KAT MINER, FOR THE DAILY PRESS Participants getting down and dirty at the Maverick’s Mud Run held Saturday at Stater Brothers Stadium in Adelanto. The event featured music, obstacles and lots of mud. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Veteran’s Home of California-Barstow, Sultana High School Avid Program and High Desert Youth Center.

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESSWar games were in full swing at the former George Air Force Base in Victorville on Saturday. Seen here are participants in Operation Lion Claws Military Simulation Series. More than 800 people from as far away as Brazil took part.

Victor Valley College Rams Basketball

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESS Members of the Sultana High School ROTC demonstrate the Flag Folding ceremony as part of a Veterans Day Ceremony held at Hesperia Lakes on Saturday.

Tanker fire, Main Street, Hesperia

KAT MINER, FOR THE DAILY PRESS Participants getting down and dirty at the Maverick’s Mud Run held Saturday at Stater Brothers Stadium in Adelanto. The event featured music, obstacles and lots of mud. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Veteran’s Home of California-Barstow, Sultana High School Avid Program and High Desert Youth Center.

Mustang Spirit Ranch, Pinon Hills

Dead Rabbits Rugby Match

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESS Ten year old Rylee Lewis of Hesperia does her best to win a jelly donut eating contest at Operation: Military Kids on Saturday. The purpose of the event was to honor military kids and their families. It included face painting, games, a bounce house and barbecued burgers and hot dogs. The event was held at Rock Spring Retirement Community in Apple Valley on Saturday. Rylee took third.

Apple Valley Airshow

Victor Valley College Rams Basketball

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESS Motorists attempt to keep dry while gassing up at the Cajon Summit Chevron station. The summer cloudburst hit the area about 3pm, Saturday afternoon. The rain did little to cool the hot temperatures that have been plaguing the area all week. Temperatures above 100 degrees are expected to continue through Monday.

KAT MINER, FOR THE DAILY PRESS The Raiders’ Marcel Reece at his football camp Saturday at Hesperia High.

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESS Hesperia High Alumni Marcel Reece signs a t-shirt for one of several kids that participated in the inaugural Marcel Reece Youth Football Skills Camp held at Hesperia High School on Saturday. Reece said he wanted to run his camp in the High Desert because of the absence of this kind of event in the area. He hopes to make it an annual event.

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESS Heather Howard (center, facing camera) shares her story of how living at the Set Free Home for Women has made a positive difference in her life. The women were on hand with along with others from Awakening Ranch Rescue Mission to minister and distribute food to those in need at Eva Dell Park in Victorville on Saturday. Awakening Ranch is based in El Mirage.

Mavericks Minor League Baseball

KAT MINER, SPECIAL TO THE DAILY PRESS This year’s “look-alike” winners from the Huck Finn Jubilee, 10 year old Nathaniel Maggs of Riverside (left), 14 year old Logan Locke of Hannibal, Missouri (center) and best friend Jessica Taylor also 14 and also of Hannibal, Missouri (right). The Huck Finn “look-alike” contest is part of the annual Huck Finn Jubilee that takes place over Father’s Day weekend at Mojave Narrows Regional Park in Victorville. The event continues today.

KAT MINER, FOR THE DAILY PRESS Participants getting down and dirty at the Maverick’s Mud Run held Saturday at Stater Brothers Stadium in Adelanto. The event featured music, obstacles and lots of mud. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Veteran’s Home of California-Barstow, Sultana High School Avid Program and High Desert Youth Center.

56 Pontiac

KAT MINER, FOR THE DAILY PRESS Participants getting down and dirty at the Maverick’s Mud Run held Saturday at Stater Brothers Stadium in Adelanto. The event featured music, obstacles and lots of mud. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Veteran’s Home of California-Barstow, Sultana High School Avid Program and High Desert Youth Center.